Most Accessed Articles: Maritime Studieshttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.comMost Accessed Articles: Maritime StudiesNegotiating risk and poverty in mangrove fishing communities of the Bangladesh Sundarbanshttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-7Small-scale fishers in Bangladesh face substantial risks due to their occupation and their geographical setting. Without any effective buffer against crises, recurring shocks and on-going risk exposure are maj...ResearchFri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-7Mohammad Mahmudul Islam and Ratana Chuenpagdee2013-06-28T00:00:00ZGoverning shipping externalities: Baltic ports in the process of SOx emission reductionhttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-10This paper analyses the debate which has unfolded in the Baltic Sea Region regarding the reduction of sulphur content in vessel fuels, in order to illustrate how tightening environmental regulation challenges ...ResearchThu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-10Daria Gritsenko and Johanna Yliskylä-Peuralahti2013-10-24T00:00:00ZRecruitment to the Norwegian fishing fleet: storylines, paradoxes, and pragmatism in Norwegian fisheries and recruitment policyhttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-8The majority of actors in the Norwegian fisheries consider recruitment of fishers to be the main future challenge for the Norwegian fishing fleet. As fleet recruitment is a highly politicized field, the proble...ResearchTue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-8Signe Annie Sønvisen2013-08-20T00:00:00ZCrises in the South African abalone and Chilean loco fisheries: shared challenges and prospectshttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-3Worldwide there is an increasing realisation that there is an inextricable link between the natural and human systems, and there is a need to integrate these into the governance of small-scale fisheries. The c...ResearchMon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2212-9790-12-3Maria Hauck and Gloria L Gallardo-Fernández2013-03-25T00:00:00ZA chain of fools: or, why it is so hard to stop overfishinghttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40152-014-0015-4We fish too much, and by doing so, we threaten marine ecosystems and people’s livelihoods. But the curious thing is: we have known this for a long time. Nonetheless, we continue to overfish. How is that possib...ResearchThu, 04 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://maritimestudiesjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40152-014-0015-4Wiebren J Boonstra and Henrik Österblom2014-12-04T00:00:00Z